Need help which one Asus or MSI?

Of course there are 3 Asus boards,
http://www.hardwarezone.com/articl [...] =6&id=1626

MSI has a good quality sound card chip which will save on computing (CPU) power and money to buy the card.(slots are only 3 so it gives you a fourth PCI slot in a way.) or saves one.
extra Serial ATA II on board / raid controller
The MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI comes with two Gigabit network ports
MSI is the PLAY School colour coded board.
http://www.pcstats.com/articleview [...] 734&page=2

They look very much alike.

However the A8N32-SLI Deluxe is a better board--but I am seeing alot
about Asus on this forum and are still trying to sort it out. One fellow
by the handle wusy has a gripe over Asus...

Personally I would like to go Abit. But 2 pci slots, heat pipe issues,and
no sound chip make it a no show. Their card for AM2 is superb from a
layout point of view.

My requirements are, AT133 support, sata, HEAT PIPES (for a cold case setup) sound card on the main board--cudo's to MSI on that, and 3 PCI.
STABILITY--is a must and these top boards are stable.
Good Capasitors---if a cap goes there goes the board--usually the top boards have good caps....but not always.(Abit does)

A wish list is two seperate USB 2.0 CONTROLLERS + DOWN STREAMS ON EACH---not just one with alot of down streams--(on the board)
Two ethernet connectors (LAN) ----Asus and MSI do this

This is a review site also......
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/m [...] amond.html

Read and educate yourself---I think you have just been looking at the short listed features.

Asus
Expansion slot
PCI Express x16 2
PCI Express x1 1
PCI Slots 3
Other Slots 1 x PCI Express X4

Storage
PATA 2 x ATA100 up to 4 Devices
PATA RAID NV RAID 0/1/0+1 JBOD
SATA 1.5 Gb/s 4
SATA 3Gb/s 4
SATA RAID NV RAID 0/1/0+1/5 JBOD
Additional RAID Controller Sil 3114



MSI
PCI Express x16 2
PCI Slots 3

Storage
PATA 2 x ATA100 up to 4 Devices
PATA RAID RAID 0/1/0+1
SATA 3Gb/s 6
SATA RAID RAID 0/1/0+1

Pretty much this is the only difference beside some minor things.

I have been using Asus for years and NEVER had one single problem with them. Loving their motherboards, they are pretty good at over clocking I got an Asus P5WD2 Premium with a P-D 940 I can OC it to 4.56Ghz and it is not the max yet!! I can still push it more
http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=92405